Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 88 Gladden, Washington 1836 1918 Gladden, Solomon Washington Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Reading ease score: 61.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Curtis A. Weyant, Charles Franks, and the Distributed Proofreading Team. "Who Wrote the Bible?" by Washington Gladden is a scholarly analysis of the literary history of the Bible, written in the late 19th century. The book seeks to present the facts regarding the origins of the Bible based on current scholarly consensus, focusing on the human elements involved in the processes of writing, transcribing, and preserving the text, rather than engaging with its supernatural claims or theological doctrines. The opening of the book sets the groundwork for a discussion on the Hebrew Scriptures, emphasizing their history and how they were composed over time by various authors and under diverse circumstances. Gladden critiques traditional views regarding the Bible's miraculous origin, likening it to the natural growth of a tree, and introduces the concept of "Higher Criticism" to analyze these texts academically. He asserts that while the Bible is indeed a significant spiritual text, recognizing its human elements and literary history can enrich rather than diminish its value. Through examining the language and context of the writings, Gladden prepares the reader for a reevaluation of their understanding of the Bible's authorship and composition as they engage with the text in the chapters to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. BS Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 579457 578921 2024-10-03T11:23:00.062057 2023-10-03T10:01:22.383486 text/html text/html 574869 2014-10-04T19:27:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 206464 2014-10-04T19:33:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 292908 2024-10-03T11:23:08.819999 application/epub+zip 299212 2024-10-03T11:23:03.431018 application/epub+zip 285689 2024-10-03T11:23:02.200052 application/epub+zip 528163 2024-10-03T11:23:13.223974 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 499492 2024-10-03T11:23:08.053011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452642 2022-09-04T03:38:18.626510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 566275 566199 2024-10-03T11:22:59.310058 2023-10-03T10:01:21.913471 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 566365 2014-10-04T19:27:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 204886 2014-10-04T19:33:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 566338 2014-10-04T19:27:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 204804 2014-10-04T19:33:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 566356 2014-10-04T19:27:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 204753 2014-10-04T19:33:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23092 2024-10-03T11:23:13.451125 application/rdf+xml 14534 2024-10-03T11:23:02.778037 image/jpeg 3496 2024-10-03T11:23:02.486031 image/jpeg 287034 2024-10-03T11:23:00.110063 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia